Suns sweep ECU 3-0Junior Sara Motsinger turned in 11 kills on 20 attempts, while freshman Shannon Helm added 10 kills to lead the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (10-5, 4-2 GAC) to a 3-0 sweep over the East Central University Tigers (6-8, 3-2 GAC) Saturday afternoon inside Tucker Coliseum. ATU opened the match with a 25-20 win in the opening set and then took the second set 25-15. To seal the win for the Golden Suns, senior Amber Cerrillos made her last serve a servi...

ATU senior running without BoundsArkansas Tech Golden Suns cross country senior Kaitlin Bounds faces challenges every time she steps onto the course. At the crack of the starter’s pistol, she begins each race as a new challenge. She has been overcoming those challenges since birth. Immediately after being born, Kaitlin was rushed to have a heart-lung bypass surgery, called an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. The treatment was used to circulate blood from the infant’s body...

UAM Boll Weevils sink ATU Wonder BoysMONTICELLO — When it rains, it pours. But the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys simply drowned Saturday at Convoy Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium. Things couldn’t have gotten much worse for ATU, which suffered four turnovers and was shut out for the first time since the 2010 season. Meanwhile, the UAM Boll Weevils scored on their first possession, weathered a delay of nearly two hours and never let up to claim their 34-0 conference shutout. It’s the first ...

No. 18 Florida handles Arkansas 30-10 GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Solomon Patton turned two short receptions into touchdowns, helping No. 18 Florida beat Arkansas 30-10 Saturday night. The 5-foot-9 senior nicknamed "Solo" was pretty close to being a one-man show in the Swamp. Patton finished with six catches for a career-high 124 yards. He also ran for a first down. But his longest gains went the distance and were key to Florida (4-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) winning its ninth co...

Golden Suns golf cracks top 25The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns golf team has used its strong start to jump into the top 25 for the first time in program history, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association recently announced. The Golden Suns entered the poll at No. 20. “It’s nice to be recognized by other coaches,” ATU women’s golf coach Amy White said. “They’re starting to see our team’s growth and acknowledging that. But we still have to keep playing hard. It’s a big deal to us, b...

Wonder Boys return to GAC competition at UAMThe Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys are 2-2 near the midway point of the 2013 football season, with a familiar pattern developing — win, loss, win, loss. So if the pattern is any indication, ATU (2-2, 2-1 Great American Conference) should pick up a win Saturday afternoon at Convoy Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium when the Wonder Boys face the University of Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils. Well, not so fast. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m., but the Boll Weevils...

ATU releases 2013-14 basketball schedulesThe Arkansas Tech Golden Suns and Wonder Boys basketball teams have released their 2013-14 schedules, the Arkansas Tech department of athletics announced Monday. The Golden Suns will play a slate of 14 home contests, beginning with a contest against Central Baptist on Friday, Nov. 8. Tech will host six home games between Nov. 8 and Jan. 1, including a Dec. 1 tilt with in-region opponent Central Missouri and a pair of Great American Conference ...

Professional pedigree of ATU coordinator Norsworthy began earlyWinning once is not enough for Arkansas Tech University’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Dean Norsworthy, now in his third season on the Wonder Boys staff, knows how addicting success can be. The elite coach has produced some the finest athletes at high schools and colleges in the region, so the thrill still thrives in his life. Norsworthy pursued the sport when he was a child. After his father died when he was 13 years old, Nor...

Manziel leads No. 10 Texas A&M past Arkansas 45-33 FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Johnny Manziel put on the show all of Arkansas dreaded in the first half. Texas A&M’s running game and timely defense took over from there — providing the perfect formula for the 10th-ranked Aggies’ 45-33 victory over the Razorbacks. A year after Manziel had his coming-out party in a 58-10 win over Arkansas, totaling 557 yards of total offense, he was back at it on Saturday night. The sophomore accounted for 253 of his 320 ...

Wonder Boys lose heartbreaker at Nicholls StateTHIBODEAUX, La. — Arkansas Tech’s Wonder Boys faced a NCAA Football Championship Subdivision member (formerly known as NCAA Division I-A) on the road and for the first time in 16 years Saturday night. This one was much more close than the Nicholls State Colonels wanted, however. ATU gave NSU everything it wanted and more, but back-to-back penalties, a fumbled snap, a blocked field goal attempt and 88-yard touchdown run in the final two minutes...

Golden Suns sweep HSU 3-0By Kaitlyn Williams ATU Sports Information ARKADELPHIA — Sophomore Katie Huff led the team with 10 kills and a .769 hitting percentage, while junior Emily Todd had eight kills and freshman Kaylee Konsella had seven kills to lead the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (8-4, 2-1 GAC) to a 3-0 sweep of the Henderson State Lady Reddies (1-10, 0-3 GAC) Thursday night in Arkadelphia, Ark. ATU had the lead on Henderson State the entire match. ATU won the firs...

ATU tennis to host annual SlamCoach Abby Davis and the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns tennis team will welcome the teams from Henderson State, Ouachita Baptist, Southern Nazarene, and John Brown to the Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex this weekend as Tech hosts the annual Golden Suns Slam today and Saturday. Play begins at 10:30 a.m. today and 9 a.m. Saturday. Admission to the event is free. “We got rained out last year,” Davis said. “I think the teams that are coming are exci...

Tech tennis to host SlamCoach Abby Davis and the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns tennis team will welcome the teams from Henderson State, Ouachita Baptist, Southern Nazarene, and John Brown to the Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex this weekend as Tech hosts the annual Golden Suns Slam on Friday and Saturday. Play begins at 10:30 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. Admission to the event is free. “We got rained out last year,” Davis said. “I think the teams that are coming are...

Wonder Boys prepare for Div. I Nicholls StateArkansas Tech University head football coach Raymond Monica hopes to prove on Saturday that not only can you go home again, you can go home and make history. The Wonder Boys (2-1) will take on the Nicholls State University Colonels (2-2) for a 6 p.m. non-conference game at Guidry Stadium in Thibodaux, La., on Saturday. For Monica, the contest marks a return to his native south Louisiana. The first-year Arkansas Tech coach grew up just 32 miles...

Lady Bisons sweep SunsThe good news from Tuesday’s annual “Pack the Stands” Night at Arkansas Tech University was the 1,235 volleyball fans who came to watch the Golden Suns play the Harding Lady Bisons. The bad news? Harding came to play and shut down ATU in three sets, 26-24, 25-18 and 25-17. “Minus the first set, I was very disappointed,” Golden Suns (7-4, 1-1 Great American Conference) head coach Kristy Bayer said. “I thought we played very well in the first se...

Wonder Boys batter Crimson Storm, 49-7BETHANY, Okla. — How different was Saturday’s first meeting between the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys and Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm? ATU rushed — not passed, but ran the football — for 277 yards and threw for 99 for a total 376 yards of offense. Defensively, the Wonder Boys held SNU to 27 rushing yards on 27 carries and intercepted Crimson Storm quarterback Dylan Terry three times on their way to a 49-7 thumping at SNU Football Stadium. Arka...

Pack the Stands tonight at ATUTwo dates the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns always have on their minds and calendars are when they play Harding University in Great American Conference volleyball. The other date ATU needs no digital device to remember is “Pack the Stands” night. Tonight’s 6 p.m. match features a battle between the top two programs in the history of the GAC, not to mention a rematch of the last two GAC championship matches. The Golden Suns swept a trio of 3-2 deci...

Kali Hardig to conduct coin toss for ATUHardig is one of only three documented survivors of parasitic meningitis caused by the Naegleria fowleri bacteria. Kali Hardig of Benton, one of only three documented survivors of an often-deadly form of parasitic meningitis, will be on hand to conduct the pregame coin toss at the Arkansas Tech/Southern Arkansas football game on Saturday, Oct. 12, the Arkansas Tech department of athletics announced Friday. “We have been following Kali’s story ...

Winning second nature for Tech’s BayerWith a career record of 225-95 as the head coach of the Golden Suns, Kristy Bayer is the winningest volleyball coach in the history of Arkansas Tech University in terms of wins. Winning is just second nature to Bayer. Bayer did not know she would develop such a passion for volleyball when she began playing it in junior high. “Volleyball is popular in Michigan, so I started playing for school and on a club,” she said. Fast forward to her career...

Wonder Boys weather Crimson Storm, 49-7 BETHANY, Okla. — How different was Saturday’s first meeting between the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys and Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm? ATU rushed — not passed, but ran the football — for 277 yards and threw for 99 for a total 376 yards of offense. Defensively, the Wonder Boys held SNU to 27 rushing yards on 27 carries and intercepted Crimson Storm quarterback Dylan Terry three times on their way to a 49-7 thumping at SNU Football Stadium. Arka...